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Sports Reporter :Bangladesh Hockey team will take on Oman Hockey team in their last Group-B match of the AHF Cup Hockey Tournament at Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia today. The match will start at 3.45pm.Bangladesh collected maximum nine points from three matches, while Oman earned nine points from as many outings. The champions of the Group-B will be decided in the today’s encounter.Bangladesh made an auspicious start thrashing Indonesia by 7-2 goals in their first match at the same...

Sports Reporter :Shinepukur Cricket Club beat Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited by 41 runs in their first match of the Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city’s Mirpur on Wednesday.Sent into bat first, Shinepukur piled up a fighting total of 250 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and then all out Mohammedan for 209 off 48.3 overs.Fourth-down Sajjadul Haque of Shinepukur Cricket Club notched up...

AFP, Manchester :Atletico Madrid drove the final nail in the coffin of a miserable season for Manchester United as Renan Lodi’s header sent the Spanish champions into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford to progress 2-1 on aggregate.The Brazilian full-back headed in unmarked at the back post four minutes before half-time to end United’s last chance of silverware this season as their drought without a trophy since 2017 goes on.United now face an uphill task...

Agency :Spanish trio of FC Barcelona, Sevilla and Betis all have plenty of work to do today if they want to reach the quarterfinals of the Europa League.Barcelona travel to Turkey to face Galatasaray after their 0-0 draw in the Camp Nou last week.Xavi Hernandez’s side looked flat in that game, but recovered at the weekend as Ferran Torres starred in a 4-0 win at home to Osasuna, and they will take heart from their 4-2 win away to Napoli...

After three-day recess, the TVS Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football resumes today at the different venues across the country. Reigning champions Bashundhara Kings will take on Saif Sporting Club at Bashundhara Sports Complex in the city, while Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited will face Dhaka Abahani Limited at the Bir Sreshtho Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshignaj. All the matches will start at 3.30pm. Bashundhara Kings led the points table collecting 21 points from eight matches, while Saif...

Agency :Lazio hitman Ciro Immobile became the club’s all-time top league goalscorer on Monday, as his penalty helped the Biancocelesti beat Venezia 1-0 in Serie A.Immobile was on 143 Serie A goals for Lazio before Monday’s game, equaling Silvio Piola’s record.After a goalless first half, Immobile found the net with a stunning curler minutes into the second period, but the Italian international was slightly offside during the build-up.The moment eventually came in the 58th minute when Luiz Felipe won a...